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Vietnam to end cement imports by 2009
Vietnam will not have to import cement for domestic consumption by 2009, the Vietnam Cement Association said. Deputy Minister of Construction Tong Van Nga said that the national cement production outp
Cement sales stable despite crisis
Despite the problems which surfaced earlier this year at Caribbean Cement Company, sales figures have not been significantly affected. Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Kern S
Vinacomin seeks to raise coal prices
A proposal to increase the Vietnamese domestic coal price is being considered by the relevant State agencies and economic experts, said Pham Trung Hung of the Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industr
GCC foresees bigger exports
Mexico’s cement maker Grupo Cementos Chihuahua (GCC) estimates that, between April this year and March 2007, it would have exported 760,000t of cement, equal to a 15 per cent rise compared to the same
Senate rejects cement probe
The Jamaican yesterday rejected a private member’s motion brought by the Opposition to appoint a Joint Select Committee of Parliament to examine the cement crisis. The rejection of the motion br
Iranian exports plunge
According to “Tehran Times”, Iran exported some 121,000t of cement for a US$6.8m valuation in the first three months of the current Iranian year, down 10 per cent in value compared to the same period
Cape Verde weaker performance
Secil said that its performance in Cape Verde last year was rather weak due to sizeable losses
Pelindo Joins Tonasa on cement shipment
PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) III has been cooperating with PT Semen Tonasa to optimize the utilization of harbor of Celukan Bawang as the special harbor for cement as well as to meet the cement de
Import price of clinker up 5% to $30/t
The import price of clinker experienced a modest increase of 5 per cent in the first six months of this year, reaching US$30 per tonne, says the Vietnam Cement Corporation.
JLP warns of another cement crisis, Jamaica
The Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is warning that the country could soon face another cement crisis.
Constructors accuse Eurocement of overpricing, Russia
Hardly has Eurocement made peace with the Federal Anti-trust Service, when it found itself in the midst of another scandal. Constructors have accused it of creating artificial shortage and overpricing
More cement from imports, Carib Cement
Some 22,500t of cement are expected to hit the local market this week - thanks to imports and increased output from Jamaica’s sole cement manufacturer, Carib Cement Ltd.
Cement shortage continues in Jamaica
Over in Jamaica, months after Caribbean Cement Company Limited’s recall of 500t of cement that crippled the construction sector, normality has not returned to the cement-starved industry. Presid
Penden Cement: rising demand from India
Demand for cement has increased and sufficient orders are at hand for the coming months but the monsoon which floods the plains in India and block roads in Bhutan is, as in the past, a thing to worry
Govt urged to bring cement, sand under EC Act
About 4,000 construction workers staged a demonstration close to Kochin, India on Wednesday, seeking immediate intervention of the Central and State governments to bring down the prices of raw materia
Qatar, cement supplies improved
Cement supplies in Qatar have stabilised recently but demand is still outstripping supply, reported The Peninsula. Construction industry sources have said that the huge projects underway in the countr